Sanitary protector for ice cream cones



Jan. 14, 1941. J BALTQN SANITARY PROTECTOR FOR ICE CREAM CONE S Filed March 7, 1940 Patented Jar 11.14, 1941 2,228,942

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,228,942 SANITARY PROTECTOR FOR ICE CREAM CONES James Balton, Baltimore, Md., assignor to Maryland Baking Company Inc., Baltimore, Md., a corporation of Maryland Application March '1, 1940, Serial No. 322,853 8 Claims. (01.99-180) My invention relates to the art of ice cream areas In and knurling the joint, for example, by

cone protectors, and it particularly has for its running a. knurling wheel it on a shaft il along objects: to provide a. paper cover for that porthe joint (Fig. 7). The knurling II is of course tion of the stern of the cone which one grasps done after the glue or paste has been applied; or,

while eating the ice cream, to provide a protectif desired, the glue or paste may be omitted, espe- 5 ing cover that can be easily and cheaply made, cially when'very thin paper, such as. that emto provide a protector that can also be used to' ployed in making envelopes for wrapped drinking carry an advertisement, an identifying number, straws is used. figure or other insignia; to provide a protector In order that the protector may be made to fit that will not come of! when stacked cones are the stem 2' fairly close and yet permit it to pass 1 separated and yet to have the protector suffiwholly over the stop ring t, or lugs 4, its lower ciently loose on the stem 01 the cone to enable end 8 is provided with anarea H which is renit to be easily torn off as the cone is being condered sufficiently yieldable to enable the jacket sumed or at any other desired time. end B to be drawn up over the ring 4 or lugs l Other objects will in part be obvious and in This may be accomplished in several ways, a 15 part will be pointed out hereinafter. preferred construction of the jacket being shown To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive. In this form the diamends the invention still further resides in the eter or the end 8 is less than that of ring 4. The

novel details of construction, combination and pasted area l0 terminates short of the end 8 (see arrangement of parts, all of which will be first Figs. 1, 3, and 4) at a place where the diameter 20 fully described in the following detailed descripof the jacket is about the same as that of the tion, and then be particularly pointed out in the ring 4. Since the jacket edges 9 are not pasted appended claims, reference being had to the actogether below the dot and dash line in Fig. 3

companying drawing, in which: (the upper limit of resilient area I!) the lower. Fig. l is a perspective view of a cone with the end of the jacket will give (see dotted line Fig. 4) 25 invention applied. suillciently to permit the jacket to be raised above Fig. 2 is an elevation of a cone with a jacket the ring I. As soon as the end 8 passes ring 4 shown in section. 1 it will close against the cone just above the ring, Fig- 3 is a View of the protector blank before contracting to its normal diameter, and thus be so being shaped and pasted or glued together. held by ring 4 from being pulled off.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view, the cone and Aside from the fact that the protector 6 covers jacket being shown in elevation. that part of the stem which is grasped by the Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 of a modified hand and thus renders it more sanitary, it may blank. contain a trade-mark, suitable advertising matter Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view 0! a modiflor may serve as a coupon in prize contests, etc. 35 cation, the cone being shown in elevation and v This application is a continuation in part or the jacket par lyin elevation and partly in secmy application filed December 4, 1939, Ser. tion. 307,498.

Fig. 7 is a detail view illustrating one way to From the foregoing description, taken in con- 0 shape or form the lower end of the blank and to ti with the accompanying drawing, it is 40 effect the summing and knur lns of t e b nk thought that the construction, application and In the dr win n wh like numbers f r fadvantages or the invention will be clear to those erence indicate like parts in all the figures, l is skilled mth art, a

the bowl oi the cone, 2 the stem, 3 the tip, 4 the What I claim is: to tip r nea d I t e i r a o ch ma 1. In combination with a pastry cone having be or the usual construction except that the ring a t 3 nesting ring adjacent the open end of 4 may be either c o r interrupted formthe cone and a second ring adjacent the tip or me 11185 H and shap o Pr an abutment the cone, of a jacket ior that part of the stem ain wh h lower edge l f the pr which is located between said rings and com- W fG t- 1 prising a frusto-conical body the normal diam- 0 e protector omp se p efe b a thin eter of the smaller end or which is normally less p p wrapper formed rom a blank (Fig. y than that or said second ring, the portion or the w app it ab ut a conical ma drel 3 (F jacket immediately adjacent the lower end being and uri he longitudinal edges 9 by over sumciently flexible to be drawn up over said lapping and gluing them together along narrow second ring and then contract to substantially its 55 v normal diameter whereby said second ring will serve as a stop to prevent accidental withdrawal of the jacket.

2. In combination with a cone having a stem, a nesting ring, and an abutment adjacent the of the jacket from the stem. I

3. A cone protector, comprising a frusto-con'ical hollow flexible body the bent inwardly to constitute a yieldable restricted cone gripping area.

4. A protecting jacket for ice cream cones comprising a frusto-conical hollow flexible nonstretchable body toward the smaller end, by virtue of which the unsecured smaller end portion only is laterally expanslble and contractlble.

6. The combination with a pastry cone a stem and a ring adjacent of the jacket.

8. A protecting jacket for an ice cream cone, comprising a frustoconical hollow flexible nonstretchable body of a size snugly to flt the stem JAMES BALTON. 

